Batman: The Animated Series made its debut back in 1992, and the fourth and fifth episodes of the show were a two-parter called Feat of Clay, which showed “the transformation of a disfigured actor into the villain known as Clayface.” Back in 2021, filmmaker Mike Flanagan let it be known on social media that he was interested in making a “standalone horror/thriller/tragedy” movie that would center on theClayface character. A while after that, he confirmed that he had met with veteran DC movie producer Jon Berg to pitch a “horror-leaning” take on Clayface, as well as ideas for the DC properties Scarecrow, Justice League Dark, and Constantine. The meeting “kind of went nowhere.” But then, in March of 2023,Deadlinebroke the news that Flanagan had scheduled anotherClayfacepitch meeting, this time with DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran. And at the end of last year, it wasannouncedthat Flanagan is officially writing aClayfacemovie that will be part of the DC Universe film franchis...
